By Scott Gilfoid: Once beaten Andre Dirrell (19-1, 13 KO’s) is picking knockout artist Arthur Abraham (31-1, 25 KO’s) to defeat former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-1, 20 KO’s) on November 27th according to news from Bettor.com. Dirrell should know who the better fighter is because he just finished fighting Froch and Abraham back to back, losing to Froch and beating Abraham. However, many boxing fans feel that Dirrell should have won both of the fights he dominated Froch but lost the fight when two of the European judges gave Froch the decision over the American Dirrell. Froch was fighting in front of a hometown crowd in Nottingham at the time of his fight with Dirrell.

Dirrell thinks Abraham’s defensive skills will also help him beat Froch in their stage 3 Super Six bout. Abraham is very hard to hit in the head due to his high guard that he likes to use. Froch has talked about aiming his shots downstairs at Abraham’s midsection to take advantage of his high guard. However, Abraham is good at firing back counter shots immediately when he’s hit in the midsection, and this could backfire for Froch if he tries to go to the body with any significant shots.

I have to go with whoever Dirrell is picking in this fight, because he has after all fought both guys and knows them well. Dirrell made Froch look silly for most of the fight with his exccellent defensive skills. Again and again, Froch missed with his punches. In the 5th, Froch went ballistic and turned the fight into an MMA-type affair, as he body slammed a shocked Dirrell to the canvas. After Dirrell got back to his feet, Froch then spent the better part of the fight holding and hitting, wrestling and throwing rabbit shots while the referee stood idly by letting it all happen.